Kitchen utensil.



PATBNTED 'JULY so, 1907.

A. F..NEWT0N. yKITCHEN UTBNSIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1907.

ANNA F. NEWTN, OF MADISON, KANSAS.

. KITCHEN UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed May 2l 1907. Serial No. 374,885,

To all whom il may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA F. NEWTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Greenwood and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen.

Utensils, oi which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in kitchen utensils; andmy object is to provide a simple and in expensive device for mashing vegetables, iruits, dac., and mixing dough while in a semiliquid state, and for whipping eggs to a frosting.

The invention resides in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts whereby both a mashing and a whipping or beating action are simultancously obtained which render the device very eiectivc, so that considerable work may be performed in a comparatively short space of time.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention:-Figure l represents a perspective view of the utensil ready for operation.A Fig. 2 is a broken vertical section of same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line III-III of Fig. 2. Fig. iis a modified form of the lower portion oi the utensil.

In carrying out the invention I employ a stem l, provided at its upper portion with a spiral groove 2 and at its lower end with a rounded head 3.

4 designates a handle reciprocably mounted upon the upper portion of the stem and provided with a nut 5 engaging the spiral groove 2, for the purpose of rotating the stem when the handle is operated.

6 designates a beater consisting oi a sleeve 7 and four vertical wings 8 radiating irom'the sleeve and arranged at right-angles to each other.l Wings 8 have parallel verticalslots 9, as shown in Figs. l and 2. Sleeve 7 is Iixed to the stem by a pin l0 so that it will rotate'` therewith.

ll designates a masher loosely mounted upon the lower end oi the stem so that it will not turn therewith, and is provided with radial openings l2. It is arranged between head 3 and the lower end of sleeve 7, which extends beneath the wings so that the latter will not scrape upon the masher while rotating. Masher ll is provided at its under central portion with an annular bearing 13, loosely surrounding head 3 and extending beneath the same, so that said head will be free to ro tate with the stem while bearing 13 is resting in adish or upon a table.

The slots in the masher are of great advantage 1n reducing the material to the desired iineness on account oi the numerous edges presented around the interstices. This is also true oi the beater which is rotated at a high rate of speed each time the handle is forced 'downwardly, and thus greatly assists in reducing the matcrial to the desired fineness. v When whipping eggs the beater alone is operated, and by its rapid rotation reduces eggs to frosting quicker and easier than this work can be performed with a spoon or fork.

Fig. 4 represents a modiiied form oi beater consisting of wires 8SL having spaces 9 between the same. This form of beater may be substituted when desired ior the sheet metal beater 6.

Having thus described my invention7 what I claim is:-

1A In a device of the character described, a stem provided with a spiral groove, a handle reciproeably mounted upon the upper portion of said stem, means carried by said handle for engaging the groove and rotating the stem, a beater fixed to the stem, and a perforated maslier loosely mounted upon the stem immediately beneath the beater, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a rotary stem provided at its lower end with' a rounded head, a handle reciprocably, mounted thereon, a beater iixed to the lower portion of the stem, and a circular perforated masher loosely mounted upon the stem beneath the beater and provided at its underside with an annular bearing loosely embracing the rounded head and extending below the same,

for the purpose set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I allx my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNA F. NEWTON. Witnesses J. I-I. WALKER, L. E. WArRoUs. 

